Ancient Greek Collection (page 36)

Hermes, Greek god. Marble statue of Hermes (Mercury in the Roman pantheon), messenger of the gods, god of roads and travellers, holding his caduceus or heralds staff

Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles, Athenian writer of tragedies. Sophocles (c496-405 BC) was one of the great figures in Ancient Greek drama

Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher. Marble portrait bust from the Archaeological Museum, Athens. Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual father of modern Western philosophy

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece, 130
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece. Begun in 515 BC, the temple was not completed until the 2nd century AD, by the Roman Emperor Hadrian

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, c1250 BC. Mycenae was a prehistoric Greek city discovered by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) in the 1870s

Relief depicting Greek soldiers fighting Amazons

Relief showing an Athenian youth greeting older man, 5th century BC

Ancient Greek relief showing friends greeting each other

Epicurus, Ancient Greek philosopher. Epicurus (341-271 BC) was the founder of the Epicurean school of philosophy. Portrait bust, a Roman copy of a lost Greek original of the 3rd or 2nd century BC

Carving of a mask used in Ancient Greek theatrical comedy, 3rd century BC

The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans, 212 BC (late 19th century). Born in Syracuse on the island of Sicily

Archimedes Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (1642). A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes

Archimedes Crow, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (18th century). A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes

Archimedes screw for raising water from one level to another, 1815. This device, invented by Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician, is still used for irrigation today

Aristides the Just (c530-c468 BC), Ancient Greek (Athenian) soldier and statesman, 1493. Aristides was a strategos (general) in the wars between the Greeks and Persians

Allegory of Justice, from Aristotles Ethics, 14th century. Allegorical illustration of Dame Justice ruling all aspects from legal justice down to personal justice and obedience

Aristarchos of Samos (fl260 BC), Alexandrian astronomer, 1493. Aristarchos was the first recorded astronomer to maintain that the Earth orbits the Sun (heliocentric universe)

Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, 1531. First page and initial portrait from Aristotelis Meteorologicis Commetaria by Agostini Nifo (Venice, 1531)

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor standing on earth. Four Greek elements, earth, air, fire, water and dome of fixed stars

Archimedes in his bath, 1547. Sixteenth-century hand-coloured woodcut of the Greek mathematician and inventor (c287-212 BC)

Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, c1470-c1504. Artist: Pedro Berruguete
Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, c1470-c1504. One of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western thought

Hecate and giants, Roman relief. Hecate was the Greek goddess of the lower world, magic, ghosts and witchcraft. Honey, dogs and black lambs were offered to her at crossroads

Kronos, 17th century. Artist: Giacinto Brandi
Kronos, 17th century. Kronos (Chronos) was one of the Greek Titans, and father of Zeus. He was known as Saturn in Roman mythology

School of Athens, c1510. Artist: Raphael
School of Athens, c1510. Fresco showing Greek philosphers and scientists with Plato (428-348BC) and his pupil Aristotle (384-322BC) in the centre

Apollo with lyre. Roman marble statue. In the Greek pantheon, Apollo was the god of music, poetry, archery, prophecy and healing and sometimes identified with the Sun (Helios)

Pythagoras, Greek mathematician, 1508. Pythagoras (right) using a counting table, competes against Boethius (Boece) using algorithms for speed at calculation

Model of the ancient Macedonian royal tombs. Late 20th century reconstruction. The royal house of Macedon which lasted from the 9th century BC-4th century BC had royal tombs at Vergina, Macedonia

Olympias, queen of Macedon, 3rd century AD. Olympias (died 316 BC), was the wife of Philip II, and mother of Alexander the Great

Philip II of Macedon, 212 AD. Medallion portrait of Philip (382 BC-336 BC), father of Alexander the Great who succeeded him as Alexander III of Macedon

Greek warrior stepping into his chariot, c400 BC. The side of a limestone sarcophagus, showing a warrior and his charioteer who is waiting reins in hand

Portrait bust of a young Alexander the Great, 4th century BC. Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC) was Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC. From the collection of the Ancient Olympia Museum

Ivory portrait bust of Alexander the Great, 4th century BC. Bust of Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC), who was Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC, found in the Macedonian royal tombs at Vergina

View of the archaeological remains at Pella, Central Macedonia. From the 5th century BC-2nd century BC, Pella was the capital of ancient Macedonia

Pericles (c490-429 BC), Athenian statesman, (1830). Among the public buildings erected in Athens under the patronage of Pericles (or Perikles) were the Parthenon, the Erechtheum

Roman goddess Juno, wife and sister of Jupiter, Queen of Heaven. Juno, known as Hera to the Greeks, was the protector of women and marriage. Marble statue

Artemis (Diana) of Ephesus, 3rd century BC. The goddess marble body is enclosed in a decorative sheath of many breasts symbolising her connection with fertility

Nymphs attending the winged horse, Pegasus. In Greek mythology Pegasus assisted Bellerophon in his fight against the Chimera and the Amazons

Ancient Greek muses of music and dance. Left to right: Euterpe, inventor of the double flute, associated with Dionysiac music and pleasure; Erato, muse of erotic poetry; Terpsichore, muse of Dance

Homer, Greek epic poet. Homer (fl 9th-8th century BC) is credited with the authorship of the great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Roman copy of a lost Greek bust of 2nd century BC

Battle of Issus, 333 BC, (1st century AD). Alexander The Great (356-323BC), seen here at far left, defeating the forces of the Persian king Darius III at Issus in Cilicia, (now southern Anatolia)

The Heroic Age in Greece : combat of Ancient Greek warriors. These figures are based upon the seventh-century plaque in the British Museum, which is shown as an inset

A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. Artist: Archibald Webb
A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. The Olympian Games, the great Greek athletic festival in honour of Zeus

Penelope and her loom, 1886. In Ancient Greek legend Penelope was the wife of Ulysses (Odysseus), mother of Telemachus, and an example of domestic virtue

The Deer Hunt, 4th century BC. Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC) left, and Hephaestion, his boyhood friend, with a stag

Reconstructed balustrade west front of the Palace of Knossos, Crete, c1400 BC. Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilization, which flourished on Crete from c3000-c1100 BC

Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece, 7th-6th century BC. The wife of Zeus, Hera was one of the major goddesses of Ancient Greece. The Romans worshipped her as Juno

Caryatid porch, the Erectheum, Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. Artist: Mnesikles
Caryatid porch, the Erectheum, Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. Designed by Mnesikles, the six columns of the porch are carved in the form of draped female figures (Caryatids)

Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician. Hippocrates (c460-377 BC) is known as the father of medicine. Portrait bust, from the Louvre, Paris

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